Diapsida: References

Benton, M. J,, 1982. The Diapsida: revolution in reptile relationships. Nature, 296: 306-307.
Diapsida - History of discovery

Benton M. J. 1985. Classification and phylogeny of the diapsid reptiles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 84: 97-164.
Askeptosauridae, Claraziidae, Diapsida - History of discovery, Diapsid Phylogeny, Hupehsuchia, Thalattosauriformes, Thalattosauroidea, Thalattosaurus The Younginiformes - basal neodiapsids

Benton, M.J. 2000. Vertebrate palaeontology. 2nd ed.
Protorothyris

Bickelmann, C., Müller, J. & Reisz, R.R.. 2009. The enigmatic diapsid Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui (Reptilia: Neodiapsida) from the Upper Permian of Madagascar and the paraphyly of "younginiform" reptiles. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 46 (9): 651-661.
The Younginiformes - basal neodiapsids, Thalattosaurs

Borsuk-Bialynicka, M, & Evans, S.E. (2009). A long-necked archosauromorph from the Early Triassic of Poland. Paleontologica Polonica 65: 203–234. pdf
The Younginiformes - basal neodiapsids, Thalattosaurs

Broom, R., 1925. On the origin of lizards. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1925: 1-16.
Diapsida - History of discovery

Caldwell, MW (1994), Developmental constraints and limb evoluton in Permian and extant lepidosauromorph diapsids. J. Vert. Paleontol. 14: 459-471.
Neodiapsida

Caldwell, MW (1996), Ichthyosauria: a preliminary phylogenetic analysis of diapsid affinities. N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Abh. 361-386.
Diapsid Phylogeny, Neodiapsida

Callaway, JM (1997a), Ichthyosauria: Introduction, in JM Callaway & EL Nicholls (eds.), Ancient Marine Reptiles. Academic Press,  pp. 3-16.
Neodiapsida, Sauria

Carroll, RL (1981), Plesiosaur ancestors from the Upper Permian of Madagascar. Phil Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 293: 315-383.
Claudiosaurus, Neodiapsida

Carroll, R.L. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. WH Freeman and Company, New York
The Younginiformes - basal neodiapsids

Carrol, R. L. & Dong, Z.-M. (1991). "Hupehsuchus, an enigmatic aquatic reptile from the Triassic of China, and the problem of establishing relationships". Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences 331 (1260): 131-153. doi:10.1098/rstb.1991.0004.
Hupehsuchia

Charig, A. J., Krebs, B., Sues, H.-D. and Westphal, F. (1976). Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology (ed. O. Kuhn), part 13. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag.
Hupehsuchia

Cheng, Y., X. Wu, C. Li & S. Tamaki. 2007. A new thalattosaurian (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Upper Triassic of Guizhou, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 45:246-260.
Thalattosaurs

Clack, J. A. (2002). Gaining Ground: the Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods. Indiana University Press, 369 pp.
Unnamed Hupehsuchian (SSTM 5025)

Coates, C. C.; and Clack, J. A. (1990). "Polydactyly in the earliest known tetrapod limbs". Nature 347: 66-99. doi:10.1038/347066a0.
Hupehsuchia, Unnamed Hupehsuchian (SSTM 5025)

Currie PJ 1981. Hovasaurus bolei, an aquatic eosuchian from the Upper Permian of Madagascar. Palaeontologica Africana, 24:99-163.
Weigeltisauridae

deBraga, M & O Rieppel (1997) Reptile phylogeny and the interrelationships of turtles, Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 120: 281-354.
Diapsid Phylogeny, Neodiapsida

deBraga, Michael; and Reisz, Robert R. (1995). "A new diapsid reptile from the uppermost Carboniferous (Stephanian) of Kansas". Palaeontology 38 (1): 199–212. pdf

Edwards, J. L. (1989). Two Perspectives on the Evolution of the Tetrapod Limb. American Zoologist 29(1):235-254.
Unnamed Hupehsuchian (SSTM 5025)

Evans, S. E. (1984), The classification of the Lepidosauria. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 82: 87-100.
Diapsida - History of discovery

Evans S. E. 1988. The early history and relationships of the Diapsida. In: M. J. Benton (ed.) The phylogeny and classification of the tetrapods: 221-260. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Diapsid Phylogeny, The Younginiformes - basal neodiapsids

Evans SE & Jones MEH. 2010. The Origin, early history and diversification of lepidosauromorph reptiles. In Bandyopadhyay S. (ed.), New Aspects of Mesozoic Biodiversity, 27 Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 132, 27-44. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-10311-7_2
Lanthanolania

Gardiner, B. G., 1982. Tetrapod classification. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 74: 207-232.
Diapsida - History of discovery

Gauthier J. A. 1994. The diversification of the amniotes. In: D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch (ed.) Major Features of Vertebrate Evolution: 129-159. Knoxville, Tennessee: The Paleontological Society.
Diapsid Phylogeny

Gauthier J., R. Estes, & K. de Queiroz. 1988. A phylogenetic analysis of Lepidosauromorpha. In: R. Estes and G. Pregill (ed.) Phylogenetic relationships of the lizard families: 15-98. Stanford: Stanford University Press. pdf
Diapsid Phylogeny

Richard P. Hilton, 2003, Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles of California, University of California Press, Berkely and Los Angeles
Thalattosaurus

Ketchum, H. F. & Barrett, P. M. (2004) New reptile material from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar: implications for the Permian–Triassic extinction event. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44(1): 1-8. pdf
Tangasauridae

Kuhn, O., 1969 Handbuch der Palaeoherpetologie, Teil 9: Proganosauria, Bolosauria, Placodontia, Araeoscelidia, Trilophosauria, Weigeltisauria, Millerosauria, Rhynchocephalia, Protorosauria, Gustav Fisher-Verlag, Stuttgart
Thalattosaurs

Laurin M. 1991. The osteology of a Lower Permian eosuchian from Texas and a review of diapsid phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 101: 59-95.
Diapsid Phylogeny

Li, Chun; Olivier Rieppel, Xiao-Chun Wu, Li-Jun Zhao and Li-Ting Wang (2011). "A new Triassic marine reptile from southwestern China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (2): 303–312. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.550368.
Overview

Liu, J. and Rieppel, O. 2001. The second thalattosaur from the Triassic of Guizhou, China. Vertebrate PalAsiatica 39:77-87pdf,
Xinpusaurus

Lovtrop, S., 1977. The Phylogeny of Vertebrata. London: John Wiley and Sons.
Diapsida - History of discovery

Maisch, M. W., 2010 Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art. Palaeodiversity 3: 151-214; Stuttgart 30 December 2010. pdf
Omphalosaurus

Massare, J. A. (1988). Swimming capabilities of Mesozoic marine reptiles: implications for method of predation. Paleobiology 14:187-205.
Hupehsuchia

Merck, J. W. 1997a. A phylogenetic analysis of the euryapsid reptiles. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 785 pp.
Thalattosaurs

Merck J. 1997b. A phylogenetic analysis of the euryapsid reptiles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17: 65A.
Diapsid Phylogeny

Merriam, J.C. 1905, "The Thalattosauria: a group of marine reptiles from the Triassic of California", Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 5 (1): 1-52.
Thalattosaurus

Motani, R. (1999). On the evolution and homologies of ichthyopterygian forefins. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(1):28-41.
Unnamed Hupehsuchian (SSTM 5025)

Motani, R. 2000. Is Omphalosaurus ichthyopterygian? — A phylogenetic perspective. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(2): 295-301.pdf
Omphalosaurus

Motani, R, N Minoura & T Ando (1998), Ichthyosaurian relationships illuminated by new primitive skeletons from Japan. Nature 393: 255-257.
Diapsid Phylogeny, Neodiapsida

Müller, J., Renesto, S. & Evans, S. E.. 2005. The marine diapsid reptile Endennasaurus (Reptilia: Thalattosauriformes) from the Late Triassic of Italy. Palaeontology 48: 15-30.
Thalattosaurs

Nosotti, St., and O. Rieppel. 2003. Eusaurosphargis dalassoi n. gen. n. sp., a new, unusual diapsid reptile from the Middle Triassic of Besano (Lombardy, N Italy). Memorie della Italian di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 31 (2):1-33.
Thalattosaurs

Osborn. H. F. 1903. The reptilian subclasses Diapsida and Synapsida and the early history of the Diaptosauria. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, I : 449-507.
Diapsida - History of discovery

Reisz, R. R., 1977. Petrolacosaurus, the oldest known diapsid reptile. Science, 196: 1091-1093.
Diapsida - History of discovery, Petrolacosaurus

Reisz, R. R., 1981. A diapsid reptile from the Pennsylvanian of Kansas. Special Publication ofthe Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 7: 1-74
Diapsida - History of discovery, Petrolacosaurus

Robert R. Reisz, Sean P. Modesto and Diane M. Scott (2011). "A new Early Permian reptile and its significance in early diapsid evolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B in press. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.0439
Lanthanolania, Orovenator

Rieppel O, 1987. Clarazia and Hescheleria, a re-investigation of two problematic reptiles from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Palaeontographica A, 195: l0l-129
Claraziidae, Thalattosauriformes, Thalattosauroidea, Thalattosaurus

Rieppel, O (1989), A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauopterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 323: 1-73.
Diapsida, Neodiapsida. 

Rieppel O. 1993. Euryapsid relationships: A preliminary analysis. Neuen Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Abhandlungen 188: 241-264.
Diapsid Phylogeny

Rieppel O. 1994. Osteology of Simosaurus gaillardoti and the relationships of stem-group sauropterygia. Fieldiana Geology 1462: 1-85.
Diapsid Phylogeny

Rieppel O. & M. deBraga. 1996. Turtles as diapsid reptiles. Nature 384: 453-455.
Diapsid Phylogeny

Rieppel, O., Liu, J. & Bucher, B. 2000. The first record of a thalattosaur reptile from the Late Triassic of Southern China (Guizhou Province, PR China). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 (3): 507-514.
Thalattosaurs

Rieppel, O., Müller, J. & Liu, J. (2005) Rostral structure in Thalattosauria (Reptilia, Diapsida) Can. J. Earth Sci. 42(12): 2081-2086 ,
Askeptosauridae, Nectosaurus, Thalattosauroidea

Romer, A. S. 1966. Vertebrate Paleontology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Thalattosauridae

Sander, P.M. & Faber, C. 1998, New finds of Omphalosaurus and a review of Triassic ichthyosaur paleobiogeography Paläontologische Zeitschrift Volume 72, Numbers 1-2, 149-162, DOI: 10.1007/BF02987823 abstract
Omphalosaurus

Sander, P.M. & Faber, C. 2003, The Triassic Marine Reptile omphalosaurus: Osteology, Jaw Anatomy, and Evidence for Ichthyosaurian Affinities P. Martin Sander and Christiane Faber Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 23, No. 4 (Dec. 24, 2003), pp. 799-816 abstract
Omphalosaurus

Sanderson, S. L. and Wassersug, R. (1990). Suspension-feeding vertebrates. Scientific American 262(3):96-101.
Hupehsuchia

Sereno, PC (1998), A rationale for phylogenetic definitions, with application to the higher level taxonomy of Dinosauria. Neues Jahrbuch für Geol. & Paläont. (Abh.) 210: 41-83.
Neodiapsida.

Shikama, T., Kamei, T. and Murata, M. (1978) Early Triassic ichthyosaurus, Utatsusaurus hataii gen. et. sp. nov., from the Kitakami Massif, Northeast Japan. Tohoku University, Science Reports, ser. 2 48(2):77-97.
Hupehsuchia

Wang, K. (1959). Ueber eine neue fossile Reptilform von Provinz Hupeh, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 7(5):373-378.
Nanchangosaurus

Watson, D. M. S., 1917. A sketch classification of the pre-Jurassic tetrapod vertebrates. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London, 1917: 167-186.
Diapsida - History of discovery

Watson, D. M. S., 1957. On Millerosaurus and the early history of the sauropsid reptiles. Philosophical lransactionj of the Royal Society, Series B, 240: 325-400.
Diapsida - History of discovery

Williston, S. W., 1925. The Osteology of the Reptiles. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Diapsida - History of discovery

Wu, X.-C.; Li, Z.; Zhou, B.-C.; and Dong, Z.-M. (2003). "A polydactylous amniote from the Triassic period.". Nature 426 (6966): 516. doi:10.1038/426516a. PMID 14654831.
Unnamed Hupehsuchian (SSTM 5025)

Wu, X.-C., Chgne, Y.-N., Sato, T., and Shan, H.-Y., 2009, Miodentosaurus brevis Cheng et al., 2007 (Diapsida: Thalattosauria): its postcranial skeleton and phylogenetic relationships: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 47, n. 1, p. 1-20.pdf
Thalattosaurs

Young, C. C.; Dong, Z.-M. (1972). "On the aquatic reptiles of the Triassic in China". Vert. Paleont. Mem 9: 1-34.
Hupehsuchia